Recruitment Warriors 2026/2027 Recruitment & Retention

Warriors 2026/2027 Recruitment and Retention Discussion​

Player	2026​	2027​	2028​	2029​	2030​
Grant Anderson	-​	✔​	✔​	✔​
Mitchell Barnett	✔​	​
Rocco Berry	✔​
Tanah Boyd	✔​
Kurt Capewell	✔​
Erin Clark	✔​	✔​	✔​	✔​
Wayde Egan	✔​	✔​
Kayliss Fatialofa	✔​	✔​
James Fisher-Harris	✔​	✔​	✔​
Jackson Ford	✔​	✔​
Morgan Gannon	✔​	✔​	✔​
Leka Halasima	✔​	✔​	✔​	✔​
Chanel Harris-Tavita	✔​
Sam Healey	✔​	✔​
Eddie Ieremia-Toeava	✔​	✔​	✔​
Alofiana Khan-Pereira	✔​	✔​	✔​
Jacob Laban	✔​	✔​	✔​	✔​
Ali Leiataua	✔​	✔​
Jye Linnane	✔​	✔​	✔​
Te Maire Martin	✔​
Haizyn Mellars	✔​	✔​	✔​
Luke Metcalf	✔​	✔​	✔​
Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad	✔​	✔​
Marata Niukore	✔​
Adam Pompey	✔​	✔​
Tanner Stowers-Smith	✔​	✔​	✔​
Taine Tuaupiki	✔​	✔​	✔​
Roger Tuivasa-Sheck	✔​
Demitric Vaimauga	✔​	✔​	✔​
William Warbrick	-​	✔​	✔​	✔​
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak	✔​	M​
Connor Bowden	U​	U​	✔​
Jett Cleary	S​	U​
Luke Hanson	S​
Motu Pasikala	S​	U​
Caelys-Paul Putoko	S​
Jason Salalilo	S​	U​	U​
Makaia Taufa	S​	U​	U​

✔ = Signed to Top 30, C = Club option, M = Mutual Option, P = Player option, S = Signed to supplementary list, U = Unclear

2026 Top 30: 29/30
2026 Supplementary: 6/6

2027 Top 30: 22/30
2027 Supplementary: 0/6

2027 Gains: Grant Anderson (Brisbane Broncos), William Warbrick (Melbourne Storm)
2027 Losses: Mitchell Barnett (Brisbane Broncos), Marata Niukore (Newcastle Knights), Roger Tuivasa-Sheck (Wakefield Trinity)

Off contract and free to sign elsewhere for 2027: Rocco Berry, Tanah Boyd, Kurt Capewell, Chanel Harris-Tavita, Te Maire Martin
Will be off contract and free to sign elsewhere for 2028 from November 1st, 2026: Jett Cleary, Wayde Egan, Kayliss Fatialofa, Jackson Ford, Sam Healey, Eddie Ieremia-Toeava, Ali Leiataua, Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad, Motu Pasikala, Adam Pompey, Dallin Watene-Zelezniak

 

[Riz]

Agreed, supremely gifted - Saw someone else mention it... he looks like the Warriors own Reece Walsh. He will be a legit threat at fullback. Aussies commentators will be blown away. Barber is a talent but if I'm keeping one... its Ratcliffe.

Kaian Olsen is the Walsh clone imo.

I have been impressed with Ratcliffe this season though, I thought he struggled a bit last year after going well in Matt's the previous season.

 

[Blain]

Be nice if he can come in for Doyle at Cup Level. Not sure why we are playing him atm, maybe Jye is seen as the incoming 1?

 

[Dead Man Switch]

Kaian Olsen is the Walsh clone imo.

I have been impressed with Ratcliffe this season though, I thought he struggled a bit last year after going well in Matt's the previous season.

Kaian Olsen is absolutely electric. Still 3 seasons or so away.

Ratcliffe has truly jumped ahead on his expected growth curve. He must be knocking the door down to play NSW cup now which is much more early in the 2026 even 2027 season than even the most optimistic of his coaches would of imagined.

Adam Pompey and CNK contracts are finished in 2027. I would be backing Brandon Norris and Joseph Ratcliffe to replace them in the roster.

 

[CWC]

Kaian Olsen is absolutely electric. Still 3 seasons or so away.

Ratcliffe has truly jumped ahead on his expected growth curve. He must be knocking the door down to play NSW cup now which is much more early in the 2026 even 2027 season than even the most optimistic of his coaches would of imagined.

Adam Pompey and CNK contracts are finished in 2027. I would be backing Brandon Norris and Joseph Ratcliffe to replace them in the roster.

Norris, Ratcliffe, Lemana and Thompson Cup regulars next year and FG starters in '28?

Jett somewhere in FG '27? Wonder where Inch and Linnane fit in

Funny if we sign anyone this offseason they won't be here till '28 anyway, so these kids are as good as our recruits

 

[Worriers]

I think Harry is rated higher than Norris by the club

It would be good if both or either of them could get some cup time this year so we can see what they have to offer against bigger bodies...both have got outrageous acceleration and top end speed.
In my opinion from what I've seen in flegg this year is that norris has more game breaking ability that he usually showcases once or twice a game, and as mentioned before is a great aerial target. Harry is probably a more typical warriors OB that we've been accustomed to, with his yardage carries (especially out of our own 20) and strength but he's also a safe pair of hands and offers the express pace that our FG wingers in the past have lacked. Harry could well be rated higher than norris by the club as a winger, but I would say that it would be by a very slim margin and until they both get cup time we won't know who the next first grader is out of the two.
With the FG wing spots likely already decided for the next few years with akp and warbrick (and dwz if his option is taken up), I hope that we are able to keep a hold of both of them with haizyn also signed for another two years too.

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

Fuck this is so good! This is the start of a golden age!